MGN409 Management Theory and Practice             Assignment 3: Management audit of selected organisation: Management audit (60%)
 

Criteria	High Distinction (7) (85%+)	Distinction (6) (75-84%)	Credit (5) (65-74%)	Pass (4) (50-64%)	Fail (less than 4) (0-49%)
Assurance of Learning goal KS1.1: Well-researched knowledge and critical understanding applied to issues at the forefront of a specialised discipline area
Description and critique of organisation’s mission and governance, informed by theory   (10 marks)	The organisation’s mission and governance are thoroughly described and critiqued using appropriate management theory	The organisation’s mission and governance are described and critiqued in some depthusing mostly appropriate management theory	The organisation’s mission and governance are described and critiqued although this could have been further developed; some use of appropriate management theory is evident	There is a basic description of the organisation’s mission and governance and only a partial attempt is made to critique them with tenuous links to management theory	There is little or no description of the organisation’s mission and governance  or that which is given is inaccurate and/or there is little or no application of management theory to the critique
Assurance of Learning goal CTA2.1:Apply logical, critical and creative thinking and judgement to generate appropriate solutions to problems in the disciplinary context
Audit of the organisation’s management and strategic position   (15 marks)	An audit is undertaken of the organisation’s management and strategic position with a high degree of insight, with skilful application of  management theory/ models and carefulconsideration of all management functions	An audit is undertaken of the organisation’s management and strategic position with a degree of insight, with mostlyskilful application of management theory/ models and consideration of all management functions	An audit is undertaken of the organisation’s management and strategic position that is insightful in places, with some application of management theory/ models and consideration ofmost management functions	An audit is undertaken of the organisation’s management and strategic position but it lacks insight and needs further development.  There is only passing reference to   management theory/ models and not all management functions are considered	An audit is undertaken of the organisation’s management and strategic position with a high degree of insight, with skilful application of  management theory and models and reference to all management functions
Summary of management audit, with recommendations   (5 marks)	A comprehensive summary of the management audit is given, with highly appropriate recommendations for the organisation’s future success that are closely linked to the audit	Asummary of the management audit is given in some depth, with appropriate recommendations for the organisation’s future success that are linked to the audit	A general summary of the management audit is given, with recommendations for the organisation’s future success that show some links to the audit but have minor issues around appropriateness	A basic summary of the management audit is given, with recommendations for the organisation’s future successwith only partial links to the audit and issues of appropriateness	There is little or no summary of the management audit and/or no recommendations forthe organisation’s future success given or the recommendations given are inappropriate or do not link to the audit
Assurance of Learning goal SEU5.1:Apply knowledge of the ethical, social and cultural dimensions relevant to business situations, including appropriate standards or codes of practice, to provide courses of action
Identification of ethical dimensionsof the organisation’s operations, including decision making processes   (10 marks)	The ethical dimensions of the organisation’s operations are appropriately identified with a high level of knowledge of contemporary ethical practice evident	The ethical dimensions of the organisation’s operations are identified, and this is mostly appropriate; there is a degree of knowledge of contemporary ethical practice evident	The ethical dimensions of the organisation’s operations are identified with minor errors or omissions and some knowledge of contemporary ethical practice evident	The ethical dimensions of the organisation’s operations are identified although there are errors or omissions and issues with appropriateness; there is a basic knowledge of contemporary ethical practice evident	The ethical dimensions of the organisation’s operations are not identified or there is little or no knowledge of contemporary ethical practice evident and/or there are significant issues of appropriateness
Assurance of Learning goal PC3.1:Ability to create and present professional documents and/or reports using high levels of analysis/synthesis/evaluation for a range of contexts and audiences
Written communication   (20 marks)	Report is professionally presented with consistently clear meaning and logical structure; written expression is fluent and there is a high level of attention to detail including grammar, syntax, spelling and referencing.	Report is professionally presented with clear meaning and logical structure; written expression is fluent and there is attention to detail including grammar, syntax, spelling and referencing.	Report mostly meets professional standards of presentation with overall meaning clear and a mostly logical structure; written expression is mostly fluent and there is some attention to detail including grammar, syntax, spelling and referencing.	Report shows some elements of professional presentation, with intended meaning discernible despite some lack of clarity and a basic attempt at a logical structure; some lapses in fluency, grammar, syntax, spelling and referencing.	Report is not professionally presented and lacks clarity and structure; use of language fails to make meaning clear; numerous grammatical and spelling errors indicates lack of editing and proof-reading.